The Chapman Law Review is proud to publish Professor Rebecca Bratspies’s article: Building the World We Want in an Era of Climate Anxiety. Below, you will find a brief overview of the article.

Forthcoming: Building the World We Want in an Era of Climate Anxiety

By Rebecca Bratspies*

Abstract

Professor Rebecca Bratspies embarks with the notion that we must reject climate doomism and highlights how grassroots action and local laws, like those enacted in New York, can effectuate positive change in combatting climate change. Professor Bratspies’s article is based on a presentation she gave at Chapman’s 2023 Contemporary Conversations in Climate Change Symposium.

*Professor, CUNY School of Law and Director Center for Urban Environmental Reform. This paper benefited from discussions with students in my Spring 2023 Environmental Justice Seminar and feedback from the participants at the 2023 Chapman Law School Contemporary Conversations in Climate Change Symposium. Thanks particularly to Sarah Lamdan, Deepa Badrinaryana, and Randall Abate for helpful feedback.